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Cool Periodic Table

12/7/2016

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The book Chemistry on a Budget contains inexpensive chemistry labs that are useful with easy to obtain materials.
 
The early labs include the topics of
Significant Figures, Density (3 labs), the Separation of a Mixture (including coverage of Percent Composition), and Liquid Chromatography.  These are safe labs that cover essential information, giving you time to emphasize Lab Safety and get Lab Safety Contracts signed.
 
There are two versions of each lab, one with a ten-question conclusion and one with directions for a full lab report.  This way the teacher has the option!  Each lab is two pages to allow for one two-sided handout. 
 
You can buy this lab book for $23 at amazon.com or lulu.com. It will take 1-2 weeks to get to you --
Order Now.  It’s a great resource!
 
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*Some of you have already purchased my lab book – be sure to check out Page 141 !
 
Since there are just a few weeks before a holiday break, many of you are ending Units or finishing up a middle point and giving quizzes.  Here’s a website that could provide various activities during those last days before the Holiday Break.
 
“Keith Enevoldsen has created
an interactive periodic table that shows the everyday applications of all the known elements, except for the superheavy elements, which are short lived, don’t exist in nature, and are only really used in atomic research.”
http://www.iflscience.com/chemistry/what-are-all-the-elements-in-the-periodic-table-actually-used-for/
 
Here’s the link to this Periodic Table:
http://elements.wlonk.com/ElementsTable.htm
Click on each of the elements and they expand to provide physical properties and uses.
 
Click on the “Link” tab at the bottom of the page and a list of the Elements provides a Description and Use or Occurrence.
http://elements.wlonk.com/ElementUses.htm
 
This site could be used as a class activity if you have access to a class set of computers connected to the Internet. 
 
The students could have a “Treasure Hunt” to gather information about the elements.  This could be a Beginning of Unit discovery activity, or a closing of Unit activity that provides overall Closure.
 
One idea is to have different groups focusing on Metals, Non-Metals and Metalloids.  After the research, they share their conclusions and discover the similarities and differences.
 
You can print this out:
http://elements.wlonk.com/ElementUses.htm
There are various options and a recommendations including poster printing.  At the bottom of the page, directions are provided about cutting up a Table to make a set of Element cards.
 
You can also buy Posters and other products may be purchased at Wlonk Shop.
http://elements.wlonk.com/ElementsBuy.htm
 
This website may also be useful for an Extra Credit assignment.
 
A few blog posts that may be useful while discussing The Periodic Table include:
 
02/23/2014            The Periodic Table
12/03/2015            Periodic Table Trend Activities
01/07/2016            Four New Elements
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*This Blog contains several entries that would be helpful to your chemistry classroom.  Check out the Topic List to help you to find past Blog entries.
 
Also, 
Write To Me about your successes, challenges, or questions in the Chemistry Classroom.
 

Remember, buying a copy of the lab book Chemistry on a Budget can be very useful to your Chemistry classroom with labs and class article ideas.

Have a great weekend!
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    Marjorie R. Heesemann is a chemistry teacher with 15 years of experience who is now working to develop resources for the Chemistry classroom.

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